Table 3.

Effects of dietary supplementation of Agave fourcroydes powder on gut morphology of broiler rabbits (95 days old).

Items, µm	Treatments		SEM ±	P value
	No additive	1.5% A. fourcroydes powder
Duodenum
Muscle thickness	117.12	154.80	5.757	<0.001
Mucosal thickness	1070.40	1351.52	32.83	<0.001
Height of villi	892.72	1027.96	26.07	<0.001
Width of villi	108.04	142.48	7.310	<0.001
Crypts depth	98.56	71.68	7.417	<0.001
Width depth	66.92	63.93	4.082	0.424
Villus height/crypt depth	9.06	14.35	1.102	<0.001
Cecum
Muscle thickness	284.00	335.60	30.06	<0.001
Mucosal thickness	426.56	438.20	3.370	<0.001
Crypts depth	243.36	204.20	11.40	<0.001
Width depth	121.48	86.52	6.890	<0.001

The experiment lasted 60 days; n = 8. SEM: standard error of the mean.